"For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man,

the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does —

comes not from the Father but from the world." 1 John 2:16

 

Saint Birgitta's Revelations

 

 

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Content Book 12 "Four Prayers"

 

 

Proem

 

PRAYER 1

In this prayer revealed by God to blessed Birgitta,

the glorious Virgin Mary is devoutly and beautifully

praised for her holy conception and infancy,

for all her virtuous acts and labors, for the great sorrows

of her whole life, for her most holy death and assumption, etc.

 

PRAYER 2

This prayer was revealed by God to blessed Birgitta.

In it, by means of a painstakingly detailed narrative,

Christ is beautifully and devoutly praised

for his glorious incarnation; for all the actions, labors,

and sorrows of his life and of his holy death;

for his ascension into heaven; for the sending

of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples; etc.

 

PRAYER 3

In this prayer, revealed by God to blessed Birgitta,

praise is given in a beautiful way to all the members

of the most holy body of our Lord Jesus Christ

and to his body's most virtuous actions.

 

PRAYER 4

In this prayer, which was divinely revealed to blessed Birgitta,

most devout and beautiful praise is given to all

the members of the glorious body of the Virgin Mary

and to all her body's virtuous actions.